Altair gets further into EDA, acquiring Polliwog

Altair gets further into EDA, acquiring Polliwog

Oct 10, 2019 | Hot Topics

It’s early early in Detroit (the sun’s not even glimmer on the horizon) and we’re already seeing news come out of Altair’s Technology Conference –its annual user event– that, I’m sure we’ll learn a lot more about as the...
Altair gets further into EDA, acquiring Polliwog

Trimble snaps up Cityworks for asset management

Oct 3, 2019 | Hot Topics

I am often asked what municipalities and other owners of bigger/older/not-all-digital assets can do to get in on the whole digital twin thing that the media (and I, to be fair) keep going on about. My usual message: start somewhere, with what you have. Figure out what...
AVEVA is all in on digital transformation

AVEVA is all in on digital transformation

Oct 2, 2019 | Hot Topics

If we believe Harvard Business Review (and they usually know what they’re talking about), “the failure rate for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) sits between 70 percent and 90 percent.” [The original article is behind a paywall; go here for a...
ESI’s first half shows progress

ESI’s first half shows progress

Sep 23, 2019 | Hot Topics

ESI’s first half shows progress ESI Group, the French CAE company, last week reported results for the quarter and half-year ended 31 July. For the half, revenue was up 3% as reported and up 0.4% in constant currencies (cc) to €55 million; for the quarter, total...
ESI’s first half shows progress

Quickie: Siemens invests in Built Robotics

Sep 20, 2019 | Hot Topics

So much news these days: TechCrunch reported yesterday that Siemens AG has participated in a $33 million Series B financing round at Built Robotics via its Next47 investment division, joining other investors Building Ventures, Founders Fund, Presidio Ventures, Lemnos...
Altair gets further into EDA, acquiring Polliwog

Siemens snaps up partner PSE for process design

Sep 18, 2019 | Hot Topics

If you pay attention to the process industries (oil and gas, chemicals, and so on), you’ll know that much of the economic decision-making rests on the design of the chemical processes that transform crude into heating oil or petroleum by-products into commodity...
Altair gets further into EDA, acquiring Polliwog

Quickie: ANSYS to acquire LS-DYNA

Sep 11, 2019 | Hot Topics

Technically, ANSYS will acquire Livermore Software Technology Corporation (LSTC), maker of LS-DYNA but, ya know … And it’s a BIG bucks deal: ANSYS will pay a purchase price $775 million, 60% cash and 40% via the issuance of ANSYS common stock to the...
What’s in a name?

What’s in a name?

Sep 11, 2019 | Hot Topics

If you’re Siemens, apparently it’s plenty. If you tuned into the PLMish news last week, you’ll likely know that Siemens PLM Software is now Siemens Digital Industries Software and that the overarching umbrella brand for that software is Xcelerator....
Altair gets further into EDA, acquiring Polliwog

Quickie: RIB invests in US Autodesk reseller

Aug 28, 2019 | Hot Topics

Now this is interesting: RIB, the German maker of the iTWO/MTWO* BIM-focused solution set for the construction industry, just announced that it has acquired a 60% share of U.S. CAD, an Autodesk reseller based in California and with offices across the Western US....
AI hits the commercial mainstream

AI hits the commercial mainstream

Aug 22, 2019 | Hot Topics

I’ve been getting a lot of questions about AI –what is it, how do I use it, what data do I need to gather to feed the machine, what does it even MEAN?? (very angsty, usually in an “am I already behind” panic)– and thought I’d try to...